Safety-catch.



No. 793,984. PATEN'ED JULY il, 1905. M. BRITTAIN.,

SAFETY UATGI'L ANLmATIoN FILED MAR,.G,1Q05.

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Application iileil Morell G, 1905. Serial No` 2li-8,559.

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lle it known tl'iiit l, lsiiiie M. llnirr'riiiN, :i citizen oli' the United otzltes, residing :it lN'oi-thliend, in the county oit Dodge :ind totnte ol lflelirnskn, have invented certain new :nid nse'lnl l'ii'iproveinents in Si'iflitv-(lzitehes, oit whirh the liollowingl is :t sirieeilicziition.

lll/ly invention relatos to iniproveineiits 1i n snliety-eiitehes 'for riiiilwey-switches :nid reilei's pzirtienhirly to n entoh or seein-innl devioe 'lio f n split or tapered ruil; :ind the ohjeet oil. in v invention .is the provision ot n, device ol the elnii'zieter :1nd 'for the purposes inlined which ezln he readily :ind easily operated, which will lirinli7 find reliably seenre the pni'ts in proper position, sind which will he of sini ple, dnrzihle, :ind inexpensive eonstrnetion.

'l`he invention consists of n siiil'ety-enteli lior tapered or split rztils, eiiiliodyiiig novel feittnres o'lE eonstrnetion :nid eonibinzition of piirts, snhstiiiitiiill)T iis disclosed herein.

,Figure lv is nn elevation o'lI niy inventioii7 the piirts heilig in the position they oeenpy when the switiiih-i'ziril is elosed. Fie'. 2 is :i siniiliir view, the siviteli heilig open; und Fig'. Pl is :i top plnn View, the split or switch riiil heine' closed.

Vlin the diziwiii;'s` the letter A designates n, portion of :i i'ziilrondlim npon whieh is snpporled the rzi'il l?) zuid the split switch-ruil C. Also secured npoii the tie 'is the stand l), in which .is pivoted the post E, carrying the loeking-lever F. Near the lower end olf the post is seenred the :ingle-erin H7 whieli is eoiineeted to the link l zit the inner end, the enter end oll the link heiligI seenred stt l 'to the switoli-riiil. Freni this eoiistrnetion it `will he seen that the lilik is eoiineeted to the switelnrniil zind the post oi 'the stand :ind tliiit the tnrninnn o'l1 lthe post hii'iiigs the switch split rail e'lose ngiiinst the rnil or nieves it zi'wiiy, :ind to seenre the split or switeli rnil when closed l employ the pivoted lever J, hnving` nt one eind the eziteh K, to engiige Vthe switelif'rnfil, :nid :it the other end the weight lli, iiiid to the weighted lever :it llll is Connected the innei end o'li the rod il: the enter end ot rwhivh is pivoted :it (l to the iiiiie'nlnr 'liootdever l. I

lt will he noted thiit the pnrts :tre loekefh :is shown in 'Fig'. il, :ind to open the switch it is only neeessziry to pnsh npon the lj'ool'le\f'er, which tilts the wei ghled loekingdever find releases the enteh, and the stziiid-post eiiiii then he nnlooked :ind tnrned to nieve the split switeli-rziil :ind open the switch. lVhen the stnnd post tnined heck, the switeli is hronght iigniiist the riiiiil nfnd the citteh d reps, by ineens olE the weight, :ind looks the switehruil.

lf filminil. lin eoinhinntion with the rail sind the nioviilile switch or split ruil, the pivoted lever having' :L enteh :it one end and. e weight :it the other end, sind pivoted lever having its pivot directly niider the lioot oli the rigid ruil, n rofl connected. to the weighted lever, zind iin :ing'nlzir lfoot-levei.' for operating the rod.

2. ln eoinliinntion with the rziil and the niovzilile switrli-rziil7 the swingingstzifnd-post, the link eonneetinrl the siiid post sind niov nlile switclrrnil.y the pivoted 'weighted loek- :it one end, the weight :it the other end und its pivot disposed centr-:illy nnder the lioot of the stiitionztrv ruil, :ind ineens lier releasing1 snid lever, consisting o'l nn :iiig'nlnrr lever having` n dependingil :irni eo'nnei'ited to the rod. whieli `is eonneoted to snid link :nid :i 'Footlever 'tor operatingl siiid rod,

ln testiiiionli7 wliereolI l :illix my Signature in presenee et two witnesses.

ltFliltAG M. BRllrliilll. llliti iesses 1li. G. JoUNsoN, il( isn'ri II F. Uii'rnig. 

